A co-production by Interspot Film, ORF and Smithsonian in association with Austrian Television Fund, Land Niederösterreich and BMBF

Available 2015 - worldwide except for the USA

Languages:
German (ORIGINAL)
, English (DUBBED)
, German (SUB TITLE)

Format: 16:9

Lost City of the Gladiators

Carnuntum - Stadt der Gladiatoren

The gladiator school at Carnuntum, Roman city on the Banks of the Danube, turned slaves, prisoners, and also volunteers like our hero Atticus into skilled and brutal entertainers who could be re-exported throughout the Empire. Precision, speed and spectacular technique made them true sports stars, kept in peak condition by their vegetarian diet and rigorous training. Gladiators earned well and paid private visits to wealthy women admirers. But a moment's loss of concentration in the arena was lethal, and even in death, the loser must show no emotion. For two millennia, Carnuntum's gladiator school washidden beneath cornfi elds, but archaeologist Wolfgang Neubauer's scanners uncovered the training complex, reconstructed for this drama-documentary as part of a complete virtual Roman city; while gladiator experts and re-enactors give a uniquely authentic account of a gladiator's life.